'winter tucks her children in, her fragile china dolls'

ah, I'm back! back to the world of no immediate, pressing paper deadlines. I say immediate because, while there are no papers to be written until april, getting my first paper mark and thinking about what I'm going to do with myself after london only leads me to start thinking of dissertation and other course essays. oy. but for the next two weeks, I'm only *actively* thinking of women's awareness week events and 'the vagina monologues.' there is still plenty to be done, but the week is coming together and soon, I'll be sad that I'm not running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

now, a run down on the last week: the day after I temporarily swore of blogging IT ACTUALLY SNOWED IN LONDON! I say that that emphatically because I was shrieking and running outside to take pictures of the event. roll your eyes if you will, but I have been missing snow. it was nice to see a bit of the white stuff actually accumulating. since then, the snow has melted and there have been flakes in the air nearly every night. and while they liquefy when they touch the ground, it has been so lovely to walk about in it. ah, a bit of my soul restored.

other wonderful things of the week include a few visits with my wonderful friend tiffany and getting to catch up with my dublin marathon partner this weekend. I also must say that, with the paper stress and vagina stress building up last week, I have come to appreciate both em & kate so much more. I'm really quite lucky to have such great friends.

I've got a major headache (probably because I haven't had a chance to grab a bite since leaving my flat eight hours ago!), so I'm going to jet off. looking forward to a nice, long run in the morning (I'm about 80% certain that I'll run stockholm in june) and taking care of lots of details for the vaginas tomorrow. ah, lovely.

hope that this finds you all well. oh, and for those who are wondering why the hell I referenced china dolls in my heading...this song has been running in my head for days. just passing it on.

my love to all.